12 Former Officials Indicted for Voter Fraud

12 former Brooks County officials were indicted for voter fraud. The suspects are accused of illegally helping people vote by absentee ballot.

State officials launched an investigation after an unusually high number of absentee ballots were cast in the July 2010 primary election. {snip}

The defendants include some workers in the voter registrar’s office and some school board members. {snip}